Training camp rosters for the 2026 WNBA season are set after one of the most chaotic offseasons in league history.
The UConn women’s basketball team has sent more players to the league than any other college program, and there are 18 former Huskies set to compete when training camps open Saturday. Nine of the WNBA’s 15 teams have at least one UConn player rostered, led by the Golden State Valkyries with five.
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Participating in training camp isn’t a guarantee that players will make the team, but there are more roster spots available than ever before in 2026. Under the new collective bargaining agreement ratified last month, every team must carry at least 12 players, and they can also sign two development players who will not count against the salary cap and can appear in up to 12 games. At any time, development players can be converted to fully-rostered if the team has need.
Here’s where every UConn alum is playing during WNBA training camp:
Chicago Sky
Azura Stevens ’18: Stevens, a 6-foot-6 forward, signed with the Sky as a free agent after spending the last three years with the Los Angeles Sparks. She previously played in Chicago from 2020-22 and rejoins the franchise for her ninth season in the WNBA. Stevens had a career year in 2025, starting all 44 games and averaging 12.8 points, eight rebounds, 1.2 steals and 1.1 blocks in L.A.
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Connecticut Sun
Aaliyah Edwards ’24: Edwards, who was drafted No. 6 overall by the Washington Mystics in 2024, got traded to the Sun in the middle of the 2025 season. The 6-foot-2 forward returns to Connecticut for her third WNBA season after averaging 4.6 points and 4.2 rebounds in 15 game appearances with the team last year.
Olivia Nelson-Ododa ’22: Nelson-Ododa, a 6-foot-5 center, signed a two-year contract with the Sun as a restricted free agent entering 2026. She had the most productive season of her career in 2025 averaging 8.2 points, five rebounds and 1.2 blocks in 21 minutes per game. This will be her fifth season in the WNBA and her fourth with the Sun.
Dallas Wings
Paige Bueckers ’25: Bueckers, the No. 1 pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft, looks to continue her rise to superstardom in second professional season after winning Rookie of the Year and earning second-team All-WNBA honors in 2025. The 6-foot guard led the Wings in nearly ever statistical category last year averaging 19.2 points, 3.9 rebounds, 5.4 assists and 1.6 steals.
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Azzi Fudd ’26: Fudd was selected by the Wings with the No. 1 pick in the 2026 WNBA Draft and joins Bueckers as the first college teammates ever drafted to the same team with consecutive top picks. The 5-foot-11 guard heads to Dallas after earning consensus first team All-American honors in her redshirt senior season at UConn. She averaged 17.3 points, 3.1 assists and 2.5 steals shooting 44.7% on 3-pointers to help lead the Huskies to a 38-1 record.
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Golden State Valkyries
Kaitlyn Chen ’25: Chen re-signed with the Valkyries on a training camp contract after appearing in 24 games with the franchise last season. The 5-foot-9 guard was Golden State’s third-round draft pick in 2025 and was initially waived during training camp. She rejoined the team in June on a temporary hardship contract and earned a roster spot for the rest of the year.
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Caroline Ducharme ’26: Ducharme went undrafted in 2026 but signed a training camp contract with Golden State. The 6-foot-2 guard averaged 7.4 minutes across 25 game appearances for UConn during her redshirt senior season. It was her first full year back on the court after she missed nearly all of the previous two seasons due to head and neck injuries.
Tiffany Hayes ’12: Hayes started 24 games for Golden State in 2025 and will return on a one-year contract for her 14th WNBA season. The 5-foot-10 guard averaged 11.7 points, 3.8 rebounds and three assists to help lead the Valkyries to the WNBA Playoffs in their first season as an expansion franchise.
Kiah Stokes ’15: Stokes is entering her 11th WNBA season and signed a two-year protected contract with Golden State after spending the past four and a half years with the Las Vegas Aces. The 6-foot-3 center won three WNBA championships in Vegas but played a smaller role on the Aces’ 2025 title run, averaging 3.6 rebounds and 1.1 points in 12.9 minutes per game last season.
Gabby Williams ’18: Williams was a blockbuster free agent signing for the Valkyries after she had a career year with the Seattle Storm in 2025. The 5-foot-11 guard earned her first All-Star nod and selection to the All-Defensive first team, averaging 11.6 points, 4.3 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 2.3 steals. Williams will arrive late to Valkyries training camp because she is competing in the EuroLeague championship Sunday with her Turkish team Fenerbahce.
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Minnesota Lynx
Napheesa Collier ’19: Collier was the MVP runner-up in 2025, averaging a career-high 22.9 points plus 7.3 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.5 blocks while becoming the second player in league history to record 50/40/90 shooting splits. She re-signed with Minnesota on a one-year supermax contract, but ankle injuries she suffered last year will sideline her for at least part of the 2026 season. She underwent surgery on both ankles in January.
Aubrey Griffin ’25: Griffin was Minnesota’s third-round pick in the 2025 draft but did not report to training camp last year after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery at the end of the college season. Griffin’s UConn career was plagued with injuries, but the 6-foot-1 forward showed flashes of a high ceiling and averaged 7.8 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.3 steals shooting 53.3% from the field across five seasons with the Huskies.
Dorka Juhasz ’23: Juhasz sat out the 2025 WNBA season, but the 6-foot-5 center will return to the Lynx in 2026 for her third year in the league. She had a spectacular overseas season with her Turkish team Galatasaray, becoming the youngest player ever named EuroLeague MVP. Juhasz, like Williams, is arriving late to training camp to compete in the EuroLeague championship game.
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New York Liberty
Breanna Stewart ’16: Stewart signed a three-year deal to return to New York and will make $1.19 million in 2026. The two-time MVP led the Liberty to their first WNBA title in 2024, but she was limited by a knee injury throughout 2025 and averaged 18.3 points, a career-low 6.5 rebounds, 3.5 assist, 1.4 steals and 1.4 blocks. Stewart bounced back playing Unrivaled during the offseason, powering Mist to the 3-on-3 league title. She is also arriving late to training camp to compete in the EuroLeague championship for Fenerbahce.
Portland Fire
Serah Williams ’26: Williams was a third-round pick in the 2026 WNBA Draft, traded on draft night from the Connecticut Sun to the Fire. She joins the new expansion franchise after averaging 6.7 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.3 blocks at UConn in 2025-26. Williams played her first three collegiate seasons at Wisconsin and was a two-time All-Big Ten Selection as well as the 2024 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year.
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Toronto Tempo
Kia Nurse ’17: Nurse signed a one-year protected contract with the Tempo after averaging 7.2 points in 22 minutes per game with the Chicago Sky in 2025. The 6-foot guard has played for five different teams in the last five seasons, but joining the WNBA’s first Canadian expansion franchise made perfect sense for the Hamilton, Ontario native.
Seattle Storm
Stefanie Dolson ’14: Dolson signed a one-year protected veteran contract with the Storm after spending the previous two seasons with the Washington Mystics. She averaged 3.7 points and 2.3 rebounds in 15 minutes per game last season. The 6-foot-5 center is entering her 13th year in the league and will be the most veteran player on Seattle’s rebuilding roster.
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Katie Lou Samuelson ’19: Samuelson missed the 2025 WNBA season with an ACL tear, but she averaged 4.3 points and 2.3 rebounds in 18 minutes per game with the Indiana Fever in 2024. The 6-foot-3 forward has played for five different teams over her five seasons in the league, but she previously played for Seattle in 2021 and signed a two-year protected deal with the franchise entering 2026.
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